A Design-Build Contractor Who Started With a Different Kind of Precision
I’m Yaniv Taragano, founder of Taragano Design and Build, a licensed design-build contractor, CSLB #1143420, building in the East Bay and Contra Costa County since 2014. Before I ever picked up a set of construction plans, I spent years working in two very different fields that both came down to the same thing: getting the small details right, because the small details are what everyone else notices first.
We are based in Concord, California. We build home additions, whole-house remodels, ADUs, and custom homes across the East Bay and Contra Costa County, and in more than twelve years of building here I have completed over 100 projects. The number is not what makes us different. The way we see a home is.
Diamonds, Before Drawings
I spent fifteen years in the diamond and jewelry trade, evaluating stones, designing pieces, and working with clients who expected precision because precision was the entire point of what they were buying. A diamond either has a flaw or it doesn’t. A setting is either level or it isn’t. That trade doesn’t leave room for “close enough,” and neither does a home you’re going to live in for the next twenty years.
I bring that same standard to a kitchen island or a load-bearing wall as I once brought to a stone under a loupe.
What Chinese Medicine Taught Me About Homes
Alongside jewelry, I spent four years studying Traditional Chinese Medicine, a discipline built entirely around balance, how energy moves through a system, and how one part out of alignment throws off everything connected to it. A home works the same way. Light, airflow, traffic patterns, where a family actually gathers versus where the floor plan assumes they will, none of it exists in isolation.
When I walk a property before design even starts, I’m not just measuring a room. I’m reading how the whole house functions as one connected system.
One Team, One Contract
I founded Taragano Design and Build to remove the gaps that break most remodeling projects, the handoffs between an architect, a permit office, and a builder who never actually talked to each other. One team here handles design, engineering, permitting, and construction under a single contract. You get one point of contact and one group that owns the result.
We work with the same architects and engineers on nearly every project. They know how we build and we know how they draw, so the design that reaches your lot is one we can actually build on your budget.
Already have plans and permits? Bring them. We are glad to build from your drawings. Design is a service we offer, not a fee we force on you.
Who Actually Does the Work
Three dedicated crews stand behind every project. Each is led by a licensed general contractor and staffed with skilled trade professionals: framers, plumbers, electricians, tile setters, painters, and more. That is how we run several projects at once without ever handing your quality to a stranger.
What Diamond Certified Actually Means Here
A home is the biggest investment most families make. You should know exactly who you are trusting, so here is the record. Taragano Design and Build holds Diamond Certified accreditation, a rating earned through confidential phone interviews with a random sample of our own past clients, not a badge anyone can simply pay for.
- 5.0 rating on Google and Houzz
- BBB accredited
- Ranked in the top 2% of 336,931 licensed California contractors on BuildZoom
- Licensed (CSLB #1143420), bonded, and insured up to $2 million
- One-year workmanship warranty on every project
Those projects span Danville, Lafayette, Orinda, San Ramon, Walnut Creek, and the greater East Bay.
What We Build as a Design-Build Contractor
We are a construction company first. We build home additions, whole-house remodels, ADUs, and custom homes. We also remodel kitchens and bathrooms. Our projects range from a single bathroom to a full custom home, and every one gets the same care.
Where We Build
We serve the East Bay and Contra Costa County, with a focus on Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Danville, and San Ramon. We also build in Concord, Alamo, Moraga, Pleasant Hill, Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, and Marin County.
Let’s Walk Your Property
Tell me what you want to build and I will tell you honestly what it takes to build it. If you want a builder who treats your home the way I once treated a diamond, worth getting exactly right and not just getting done, I’d be glad to walk the property with you.
Prefer to talk now? Call or text (925) 388-6353.
